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Comment by Pikachoodle

Tamed at 48;57Level 88 eliteDoesn't hit hard.

He's invisible but leaves tracks which are very easy to see in the snow. You need to flare him out in order to see him.Currently the tracks are backwards meaning whatever way they are facing follow them in the opposite direction then flare once you think you've gotten to the end of his path.

There are quite a few dead ends around the area so it's easy enough to corner him.

Comment by femaletremonti

Possible reference to Chompy, the town goat in the Fairly OddParents.

Comment by Celticmoon

I love my Stompy. His tracks are really easy to see, but are STILL backwards. Onward!

Comment by ScarletHyena

Of the three MoP rares I've tamed thus far, Stompy was the easiest. His tracks really stand out, there's no need to turn down ground clutter. His path is a bit wonky, he will turn around a lot so you will want to be sure you're tracking the prints the right way. Which, as of today, are still going backwards.

After he was tamed, his prints did not immediately disappear.

Comment by Paulosio

Tamed this guy today. The Important thing is to follow the tracks backwards.... because they appear facing the opposite way to the way Stompy walks.

Comment by StarcallerVoxy

Tamed on silvermoon 14:50 UK time 03/10/2012

Followed his prints for about 20 mins - They can be confusing as he does small circles! and obviously its up and down the mountain so it can be quite hard to access certain points!

Same as normal - Follow prints backwards.NOT EXOTIC - i tamed in survival.

Good looking mountain goat!

Comment by xhunterx

I just tamed this magnificent beast at 3:16pm on Frostmane EU. I was on my way to buy pvp gear, when I came across someone else looking for him.

I joined in the hunt for Stompy, and eventually the other Hunter left.. I continued.

I found him about two hours after the other guy left, right by winter's blossom. (In the little patch filled with goats!)

His footprints are very, very visible in the snow, as they're dark brown/black and the snow is white, obviously.

I'd also like to mention that the tracks he leaves are even more helpful, as when you mouse over them it says 'Heavy Tracks'. (Though you can't target them).

He's such an amazing pet, it's unbelievable. I abandoned Ankha for him! ><

Anyways, happy hunting!

Keska, Frostmane EU.

Comment by PunterHunter

this Elite Hunters pet is deathly hard to kill as it will patrol through hostile mobs.All rare hunter pets have been marked as elite and will not be able to be "taged" unless the hunter dies/feigns death, adding to this all rare hunter pets this expansion require you track them with (at the moment back 't' front) tracks and reveal the spawn with a hunter flare, only hunters can reveal these spawns in other words add to it the fact that it is taged by an unknown sources upon being revealed this makes it a plain statement that these are meant to be tamed as pets.

after asking if any hunters wanted it I set about experimenting after much sacrifice on my tank pets part (kiteing and holding off the mobs that attacked me) and much running after the seemingly oblivious Stompy I was able to kill it (I died a little inside that day but as the saying goes "FOR SCIENCE!"). Stompy drops no sum of gold, and no Leet items to speak of he will only drop Crystalline Tear of Loyalty that's it hardly worth the amount of work it'd take to kill it, not to mention that it would hardly cover your repair bill if you tried.

in conclusion this is meant to be tamed not killed so be a good sport and leave it to the hunters!

Punterhunter out!

Comment by hruelas

Caught Stompy AND Savage today after blizzard did a server restart. Followed the tracks backwards and used flare. They were both very easy tames, but I had been searching for a while now and they can be hard to find. They both are pretty cool and not a lot of people know about them yet. This was on the Gilneas server at about 11:30am.

Comment by Octarin

Tamed him tonight while flying towards an archaeology site, when I bumped on some "Heavy Tracks". There are a few prowlers along his path, which are aggressive but mostly asleep, and also, just when the track winds opposite the Monastery, beware the Yeti. He is taking a rather leisurely pace, and the tracks also phase according to whether or not you've quested in this particular area (like with Portent). The tracks are still backwards, so follow them the other way. Haven't tried him yet in combat, so I will update if I get any interested results. Good hunting!

Comment by Snuttig

if you start taming him he wont attack you. he just keeps on walking. think of it before you start taming. otherwise he is very likely to just walk out of range while you taming and you have to start all over again.

happy hunting :)

Comment by Buckmoney

Just tamed

Comment by Sarantha

Tame my adorable Stompy easily. His tracks stand out very well and he doesn't seem to move that fast. He was very easy to track and tame once I found his tracks. Found them above the cave near One Keg. He has such an adorable sad-looking face. I didn't think I'd like him or want him until I actually tamed him, now I feel so bad for him that I have to use him all the time!

Tame Stompy! Save a sad goat!

Comment by Kemaria

There are nine trackable rare elite hunter pets in Pandaria which are found by following their footprints and using flares to pull them out of stealth.

Comment by Zallectra83

Just tamed Stompy at around 45,48 on Khaz.goroth. He didnt agro or anything, just kept strolling as I tamed him, which made me think for a second that he might have been bugged or something, but tame went fine lol. Pretty easy to track down with Ground Clutter on low and might have got a little lucky cause I went afk whilst pet battling and came back to find a Heavy Track right next to me. Managed to hunt down the newer tracks after a few minutes and got him. His tracks actually stand out very nicely against the snow so that helps heaps.

Happy hunting to all those looking for this fella!

ZallectraLvl 89 Blood Elf

Comment by Ayrianna

Not only was I not really looking for this guy, but I didn't even know about him. He's kinda cool, though.

I just just gotten off the cart quest for Neverest Summit, and started looking for the supplies that I had so carelessly thrown at the attacking yeti. The tracks were so big that I thought they were the items I needed to pick up, but when I saw "heavy tracks" and watched one appear, I knew what to do because I had already tamed Patrannache.

They're still facing backwards as of October 27, 2012.

Comment by Canidomini

16:11PM on Alleria

Tamed at 51.4, 55.9, going up the side of the mountain. I saw double tracks, so I knew that he had reached his end point and was turning around, so I threw the flare where there was a single track and just waited.

Comment by kabotage

Just made a hunter named Stallman and this guy will be Open Source!

GNU is in full effect!

Comment by SonAltesse

Comment by Sraenn

just tamed near the top of the mountain around 43.5 52.2, tracks still backwards as of Nov24. moves slowly, got him in flare but had to abandon pet and he disappeared again. moves much slower than savage, i moved about 15yd further down the incline i was on and clearly saw another track appear, definitely backwards. about 3:40pm server time. hope this helps, good luck ppl.

Comment by Lizzygoth

Just tamed Mr. Stompy today :)

As of patch 5.1 the tracks are now going the CORRECT direction!

Comment by Nykela

On Monday, 11/26/12, I tamed Stompy. I followed his tracks backwards and flared him out. Today, I was farming for herbs and noticed the tracks and decided to flare and mark him. I wanted to follow his path to see how accurate other maps were. I noticed that the tracks Stompy was leaving were not backwards anymore. Submitting a screenshot as proof.

Comment by Lizzygoth

Just tamed Mr. Stompy today :)

As of patch 5.1 the tracks are now going the CORRECT direction!

Comment by Stealthfire13

If you're having trouble taming him because he walks out of your flare before the tame is over, first Scatter Shot him, then lay down a Freezing Trap. He should stay still long enough to tame.

Comment by ItsAMaleDuck

The tracks are now in the correct way!

Comment by Komamura

Found and tamed today 2:37pm on Sisters of Elune. Coords, 50.37, 52.02. think this roadway would be the best place to find him. Tracks do point forwards by the way.

Comment by mydniterose

Just tamed him at 4:30 pm server time on Velen... his tracks are facing the right way... so hunters its a very easy tame and find... good luck to you all

Bbygurl level 90 Blood-elf hunter

Comment by Annerhell95

Found him just by the stoned quielens, i saw his tracks and it didn't lead anywhere so i flared like 10-20 yards infront of the old track and there he was it took me about 1 minute to find him.

guess i was lucky

Comment by Kroete0306

Tamed Stompy 2 days ago on Mug´thol. Tracks are in the right direction and it was easier for me to find Stompy than Savage. Put a Hunter Mark on it as soon as it becomes visible. :) Helps that the pet does not disappear. Just start taming - it won´t attack you while taming.

Happy hunting :)

P.S. I am sorry but I don´t remember the correct coords.

Comment by soberjoe1976

I tamed stompy yesterday and the battle was ferocious. Lucky for me i had a mist monk with me or it would have never happened.

He has a new special attack called: Walk slowly and do nothing. He also uses another deadly attack frequently called :look bland

Comment by WolfieGP

I'd like to mention that they have indeed fixed his footprints. I followed them properly, and was able to locate and tame him this evening on Shadowsong at 12:05 AM.

Yep, the world makes sense again. Follow the footprints!

Comment by Califree

I just spotted Stompy's tracks for the first time. Two of them side by side. Pointing in opposite directions. I don't know which way to go! LOL

Comment by Aleona

Stompy is most definitely the easiest to track that I've encountered thus far. He leaves dark "heavy" footprints that are very easy to see in the white snow.

Stompy doubles back on himself quite often as he has a short path that he follows with several dead ends. So, if you see two tracks facing opposite directions you should be looking for single footprints facing towards you instead of away. If he's walking in the same exact path that he just came from you'll soon see a second print appear right next to the other. If one does appear, flare just slightly ahead of it and be ready to mark him. I hope this makes sense. Happy Hunting. (:

Comment by Nelinde

Going to give this it's own post due to it being almost hidden as a side comment. Worth it's weight in gold!

Vildeath on 2013/02/04 (Patch 5.1.0)Don't forget to put Hunter's Mark on him so he doesn't drop back into stealth mode!

Comment by FrozenIvee

Some of these so-called unique pets aren't really unique at all whatsoever. The only unique pets for hunter are the 3 porcupine degu, Hutia, and Gumi. All the rest are just rare because you can't see them unless you have tracking on for hunter. The difference that separate them are none whatsoever which is kind of disappointing when comparing them to the regular beast they all look the same.

Comment by Knuckinphutz

Just tamed this lovely Goat at 45;45 at about 12.45 a.m. Norgannon server time. Incredibly easy: track ,throw flare, hunter's mark, then tame! However, watch out for the yetis and summit prowlers as they can interfere, happy hunting guys!

Comment by Chasing

No one seems to have noted this, so I don't know if it's new: you can Freezing Trap him in place, and completely eliminate his tendency to wander out of Flare-range.

This seems to be true of all the invisible Pandaria rares (I've caught about half, but no exceptions thus far). The key with trapping them is throwing the trap in front; if you launch it directly under them it seems to have no effect. Not sure why this is happening.

If anyone's got additional feedback about it, Reply! :3

Comment by Albaharmamar

Question: How does a goat leave muddy paw prints on snow when it has hooves?

Comment by bengrimm99

I spotted his trail right beside Mishi (at the Lorewalker Cho protection quest), but it goes both ways there so figure out quick which way he's heading or he'll be long gone. The hardest part about Stompy was that his trail meanders so much in such steep slopes and doubles back on itself so much...it can be very confusing.

Comment by mettamoon

Omg this little guy is all over the place. he does follow the same path. I found him at several places but finally tamed him at 44.0/48.0 used flare, scatter shot, then tame. he will also walk right through all traps. make sure you are plenty of space in front of him as he will just walk on by. aggravating but worth it if you can find him. good luck :)

After much angst I finally found and tamed Stompy. Once I figured out what to look for it was easy enough to follow the tracks, they look like little black paw marks in the snow spaced at wide intervals. If you hover your mouse over the paw marks it will say "Heavy Tracks." Just follow the direction the paws are pointed until you come to the last paw, then pop a flare. Quickly put a mark on Stompy and then run slightly ahead of him and begin tame. He doesn't fight back and it's a pretty easy task to complete. I found the footprints begin at 39.2,53.6.

Comment by MrCalu

Tamed at 1:11 PM ST at 40.7 , 46.0 on Dentarg - US

Comment by crazysnakegirl

just tamed stompy.. didnt know about him until i saw green tracks and googled it lol.. i had to know what it was then had to have it.. hes pretty cool. the tracks are now going the correct way. he kept walking out of the flare really fast so i froze him then tamed... good luck!

Comment by vomonte

Found him and tried to tame him, but he was grey (someone had tagged him) and he wouldn't respond to my attacks. He would just keep walking and once he passed my flare he would disappear and my tame would cancel.

I ended up killing him to reset him, will circle back later to see if he is back up and normal.

Comment by Raging78

Ran across his tracks 10/30/14 and finally got the tame after a lot of tracking. Many of the comments say it's easy once you get Hunter's Mark on him. Problem is Hunter's Mark is now gone as of Patch 6.0. That made it much more difficult to track this guy down with his constant turns and on mountain terrain. Just have to be persistent. I was finally able to predict his pattern well enough to maximize my flare, slowed him with traps, and got the tame. So it is still possible, just a little more difficult now with Mark gone.

Comment by Fennic

Still possible to tame even if he's been tagged. I tracked him around, threw down a freezing trap, then unflared him. Tamed. Good luck all you 6.0+ hunters!

Comment by Mercerskye

Trying it now that I've gotten around to taming these on my alt hunter. With WoD, it seems they can be ice trapped, not sure if it was possible before, but given that BM no longer has Hunter's Mark...I thought it would be good to mention for those that get in late on taming these like I have.

Still gotta flare 'em to find 'em though.

Comment by metal2gold

Comment by Shaitan051

A Fairly Odd Parents reference?(Town mascot is a goat named Chompy)

Comment by Necrothep

I know it might be obvious, but if you find it's track, don't try to attack him to get his aggro and then tame him, it's insta kill at level 100. It didn't respond to freeze trap when I tried, keep walking when taming and disappearing as quickly as his appearance.

Comment by ToviValdora

If you're wondering how to tame this pet now that Hunter's Mark and Freezing Trap is gone from BM, one way is Flare first then Binding Shot on top of it. Make sure you're right in it's path.

Comment by StoneyRun

No attack, just flare a bit ahead of it and tame as soon as it is visible.